Includes bibliographical references (pages 150-152) and index

How and Why I Write / Maya Angelou -- Angelou Has Paid for Her Success / Paul Rosenfield -- An Interview with Maya Angelou / Ken Kelley -- Listening to Maya Angelou / Walter Blum -- Angelou's Autobiographic Emphasis on Community in Caged Bird / Elizabeth Fox-Genovese -- African-American Women's Autobiography / Regina Blackburn -- Angelou's Continuing Autobiography Celebrates New Images of Black Women / Sondra O'Neale -- The Significance of Momma Henderson in Angelou's Autobiographies / Mary Jane Lupton -- Angelou's Fictional Persona Draws Strength from Life's Conflicts / Selwyn Cudjoe -- Angelou's Multivolume Autobiography is "a Poetic Adventure" / Joanne Braxton -- The Influence of Christianity on Maya Angelou's Work / Carla Washington -- Autobiography as Revolutionary Writing in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings / Suzette A. Henke -- Heroes and Villains in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings / James Craig Holte -- Style and Insight in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings / Ernece B. Kelly -- Death as Metaphor of Self in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings / Liliane K. Arensberg -- The Quest for Self-Acceptance in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings / Sidonie Ann Smith -- The Serious Business of Survival: Gather Together in My Name / Annie Gottlieb -- A Transitional Time: The Heart of a Woman / David Levering Lewis -- Maya Angelou's Poetry Creates Hope / Carol E. Neubauer

Critical essays examine the life of African-American author Maya Angelou, and explore her use of autobiographical fiction

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